Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 28
The pious reader, says Fray Antonio Agapida, will be slow to believe such turpitude; but there is nothing more venomous than the rancour of an apostate priest; for the best things in this world, when corrupted, become the worst and most baneful.
Who acts: pious reader, Fray, nothing, best things · What happens: say, be, believe, corrupt, become · To what, where: such turpitude · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter VI.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (pious reader, Fray, nothing, best things), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 reader | det |
| 2 | pious | pious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 reader | amod |
| 3 | reader | reader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 reader | punct |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | Fray | Fray | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 slow | nsubj |
| 7 | Antonio | Antonio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Fray | flat |
| 8 | Agapida | Agapida | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Antonio | flat |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Fray | punct |
| 10 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 slow | aux |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 slow | cop |
| 12 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 says | ccomp |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 believe | mark |
| 14 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 slow | xcomp |
| 15 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 turpitude | amod |
| 16 | turpitude | turpitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 believe | obj |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 is | punct |
| 18 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 20 is | cc |
| 19 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 20 is | expl |
| 20 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | conj |
| 21 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 20 is | nsubj |
| 22 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 23 venomous | advmod |
| 23 | venomous | venomous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 nothing | amod |
| 24 | than | than | ADP | _ | 26 rancour | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 rancour | det |
| 26 | rancour | rancour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 venomous | obl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 priest | case |
| 28 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 priest | det |
| 29 | apostate | apostate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 priest | compound |
| 30 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 rancour | nmod |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 things | punct |
| 32 | for | for | ADP | _ | 35 things | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 things | det |
| 34 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 35 things | amod |
| 35 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 become | nsubj |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 world | case |
| 37 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 38 world | det |
| 38 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 things | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 corrupted | punct |
| 40 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 41 corrupted | advmod |
| 41 | corrupted | corrupt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 become | xcomp |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 corrupted | punct |
| 43 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 says | ccomp |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 worst | det |
| 45 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 43 become | xcomp |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 baneful | cc |
| 47 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 48 baneful | advmod |
| 48 | baneful | baneful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 worst | conj |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the pious reader | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is | future | Fray | slow property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | believe | to-infinitive | Fray not said here | such turpitude | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer turpitude=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | be | present | nothing | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | corrupt | participle | the best things in this world not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 6 | become | infinitive | the best things in this world | bad property | tree rules |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Project Gutenberg book 77685 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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